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Chapter 6: Star Birth

  • William Waller
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The Milky Way
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© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Chapter 1: First Impressions 1
  5. Chapter 2: Historic Perceptions 10
  6. Chapter 3: Panchromatic Vistas 53
  7. Chapter 4: Neighbors of the Sun 82
  8. Chapter 5: Beacons from Afar 102
  9. Chapter 6: Star Birth 127
  10. Chapter 7: Lives of the Stars 148
  11. Chapter 8: Stellar Afterlives 171
  12. Chapter 9: The Galactic Garden 194
  13. Chapter 10: Monster in the Core 221
  14. Chapter 11: Tales of Origin 236
  15. Chapter 12: Life in the Milky Way 251
  16. Glossary 277
  17. Notes 295
  18. Selected Readings 303
  19. Index 311
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400847372-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Chapter 1: First Impressions 1
  5. Chapter 2: Historic Perceptions 10
  6. Chapter 3: Panchromatic Vistas 53
  7. Chapter 4: Neighbors of the Sun 82
  8. Chapter 5: Beacons from Afar 102
  9. Chapter 6: Star Birth 127
  10. Chapter 7: Lives of the Stars 148
  11. Chapter 8: Stellar Afterlives 171
  12. Chapter 9: The Galactic Garden 194
  13. Chapter 10: Monster in the Core 221
  14. Chapter 11: Tales of Origin 236
  15. Chapter 12: Life in the Milky Way 251
  16. Glossary 277
  17. Notes 295
  18. Selected Readings 303
  19. Index 311
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